Tag: world conflict

  • Why Pearls Keep Soaring In Popularity And Price

    Why Pearls Keep Soaring In Popularity And Price

    While diamonds used to be a girl’s best friend, pearls may now be the wiser purchase because we are in the middle of a Pearl Renaissance  and everyone from Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Ellen DeGeneres, Kris Jenner, and Angelina Jolie to Rihanna and Keira Knightly are sporting the pearl look. While pearls are soaring in popularity, so…

  • Report: Regulations on U.S. arms exports often skirted, rarely enforced

    Report: Regulations on U.S. arms exports often skirted, rarely enforced

    SOMERVILLE, Mass.—While the United States likes to claim it has the gold standard of arms export control measures, in practice the measures offer few restrictions on U.S. presidents’ ability to ship arms wherever they like, according to a new report from the World Peace Foundation (WPF) at Tufts University’s The Fletcher School of Law and…

  • Ukraine: UNESCO Statement Following UN General Assembly Resolution

    Ukraine: UNESCO Statement Following UN General Assembly Resolution

    Paris, France 3 March – Following the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Resolution on Aggression against Ukraine, and in light of the devastating escalation of violence, UNESCO is deeply concerned by developments in Ukraine and is working to assess damage across its spheres of competence (notably education, culture, heritage and information) and to…